Hand hat bag



l;676,229 M. L. GRossMAN E1' AL July 3, 1928.

HAND HAT BAG Filed Jan. 2, 1923 3 Smets-Sheet 3 ll ll Ill ll II July 3, 1928. 1,676,229

M. L. GROSSMAN ET AL HAND HAT BAG Filed Jan. 2. 1923 s Sheng-sheet. 2

/d vwantoza' July 3, 1928.

M. L. GROSSMAN ET AL HAND HAT BAG Filed Jan. 2, 1923 3 Smets-Sheet 3 /l Il l j Patented July 3,1928.

'nppnauonfnlea Jennery-2, 1923. #serial noi "610,118; vg-

The'inventionfrelates to a hand bag'ilil' titles as a Woman mightfdesire to carryy'vith v4l5 her on 'anfautomobiletrip orthelikeb` The i' bag 'is designdto'liold a hat without inany:

mannfcfushg it; and itis provided with i 2L handleby Whiclrthebag'may besnspe'ndeld bythe handler hungjabout 'thev Wrist lorsi/1p lo ported Vby afhool 'or the likeyifn an antw, mobile or on a railway car. The bag 1s also Y of; such character thatits apperanceis in nq manner objeotio'nableJ V'Whether being "Carried by hand o1" suspendedin a limousinef^The Y Tlfn' exterior fabric of the bag Will lpieierablybo of a fine grade of black oilcloth` ori'rtv'aterproof fab1ic,and the interior of the' willA preferably be linedwith a olored orlfigured lWoven `fabricY 'of Iattraotiver character. The bag sin the general form of a shallow jdruin',

` Comprising peripherahband"f-'suitable Widthandf disks se'cnrejd attheir edges tothe Vedges 'of said band; At the .upperAAA side 'of the bag the peripheral ban'd tlrer'eotlri'otighout 'nearly onehalf its length isof'pjspeoial i construction andfcomposed yof tivoffoverlapf' ping segmental members adapted to' be fas- Y tened together' along ,one/ edge of thebag Aby snap fasteners or 'thef'likeg 'for ysecnring the` 39 bag in closed: position, saidconstruetionand relation'V of the 'said overlappingv members permitting one side of the bag, When'nnse cured by saidlsnap` fasteners, to be folded Ior turned outwardly orf'the purpose o-opfen- 3k? ing the bag to admit or'pernit the Withdrawal of a' hat or votherartiole7 as herein?V after more fully explainedf' .y Y

Since the bags areiof flelxibljematerial 'and frequently placed `rl'atwise one 'np'onanother 19 'on fastore `courit'er for the `like..jiorfdisplay purposes', We preferably Vfii'isert yvv/'ithinthe bags a strip of pasteboard orffibrelboardfor the like-extending around the innerusideofr' .thepefiphefei 'tenermi animen-g in que lifne thereto, as 'meansv for f stifening 'the' rpheral pftorisoflthe bags and Preventing the eollapse of vthe bags vwit/ hen on display or held'inlsftklW15 may ft" .I

reinforcing strip between Lthe outer v l a yer " lamlrlelnmeof hfpefiphere the Y bag, zor insert the samey Within the` bag torli'e':

l f the bagsl iyhenl itl is desired to'iliave a light;V tendedl primarily to reeeivea ladys hat and" also to'hold such additional' light 'Weightl ar-f {"This application* is directed `,to further developments of our invention made the sub,-

ject lo'ffour pendingjapplication forLetters 60 PatentNo. 5833035,filed'Agust 19, v1922. The7 inventionwill be fully4 understoodv Afrom the detailed yfd'escriptitn'ilhereinafter 'presented, "refereneel 'libeingfhad fto the'` ac?y A T-Figi `5` centralverticallongitudinal i section through Ythe saine( talienonjitli'e dotted ting .said strip to'fbe iappliedjnnd withdrawn alWlL'an'd ig. 6 is'afvertical l,seotioin oiianenlarged A.

seele 'through 'ffprtrfo'f .0118' Side? ofthe 'bag -atf the vripper end/thereof andillustratesv` $5 "one vinethod" offfolding' one side portion of the-bag @merely fremlthe permet-a1 band r orxthe pnrpose"I of. opening'vthe bag;

Vf'l""thef drawings "'10 designat s} the peripheral band portioni oftheba'g as afwhole, gq '4 andf'll'flQ indioatf'theftwo opposite sides V-ofthe" bag Whicharefin Y"thefform dfex Sie' Y Width of the'bag. The free` edges ofthe lsection and port-ion 16 arelinislied and protected by suitable bindings 17, 18, respectively, as shown more clearly in 6, the

binding 17 'being a-narrovv strip folded over` the free edge of the section 15 and sewed thereto and the binding 18 beingextended inwardly atthe innerside of said portion 16 and forming thereatan inner ply or layer 19 which is sewed to the outer layer of said portion 16 and'adds strength, durability and finish to that partv of the peripheral band. l Y f v The free edge `portion 16 and auxiliary section 15 composing the peripheral band Y 10, vdefine the mouth of thebag, and these parts of the bag may be secured together to close the `saidmouthV and consequently the bag by'means of snap-fasteners or the like 20, the Vheads' ofV whichy are secured to said portion 16 and the shank portions of whichv are Secured to the section, 15, as Will be Yu nderstood on reference to F ig. 6. 'lVhen the .f parts of the snap-fasteners 2O are freed from eachother, the flexible side ll of the bag carrying the auxiliary bandsection 15 may beturned orfolded upwardly, as shown in I YFig. 1, or outwardly, as shownin F ig. 6, to open the mouth of the bagV to receive a hator other `article ory permit the removal from the bag` ofa hat orv other article, and

thereafter.themouthfof the bag V,mayY be closed byrestoring the side 11 Vand section 15 to their normal condition and securing the section 15 to the portion 16 .of the band by means of the snap-fastenersV 20.,

f The circumferential edge of they Aflexible disk side :12is securedto the adjacent edge of the band 10` bysewing and in theman# edges ofthe disk 12'vand band 10 as a finish .tothebag` z, The circumferential edge of the iexible disk side 11' is securedto theadjacentedge ofthebody of the band'lObelowfthe mouth ofthe bag and to the adjacent edge of the v au .'iiliary section, 15'of said band, by sewing. and in the mannershown in Figs. 4c and 6,-;*1n whichit may be seen that said edge of the disk side 1l, With its lining 13, land said adjacent -ed'geszof thebody of said .band and said section 1 5, with their linings, are folded yor flanged' inwardly at their Vcorner edge of the bag `and secured' together by sewing. V@We preferably finterposea folded str1p 2 2,enclos1ng a cord, i`n theseam between the facing iii-,turned adjacent edges'o'f the disk side 11 and the peripheral band "10 Ltr/6,229 l a desirable finish to that portion of the bag.

In the back seam at the joining the disk side 12 and band 10 together, We interpose and secu.'1'e"f'one end of a flat handle-strip 23, and in thecorresponding front seam at the top'of the bag, joining the disk sidell fand band section 15 together, weinterpose and secure one end of a tab or short handle-strip 24, and on the free ends of lsaidstrip 23V and tab 2l.we provide means fordetachably securing them together so as. to create a handle by .which the bagv may be carried 'or suspended, `said securing means being of any suitable nature but preferably a snapfastener'whose head 25 is secured to the strip 23 andwhose shank y26 is secured to the tab 24.

The bag may be heldin closed 'condition by securingthe upper edge portion v16 of the band 10. to the auxiliary section 15 ofthe band by means `of thesnap-fasteners 20, whereby themouth of the bag becomes securely closed, and also by fasteningjthe handle-strip23 to the tab2l, the bag then presenting the appearance 'illustratedAIV in Fig. 2. v 7Vhenjit is handle-strip 23 Will be freed from the tab 211, and the portion 16 ofthe band 10 willfbe freed from theauxiliary section 15, and thereupon the disk side 11, carrying said section 15, may be turned upwardly SFig. l) Y or folded outwardly (Fig. 6) toi suc i extent as may be desired, the flexibility of said side 11. and other parts of the bag permitting the bag atits mouth to beconvenientlyopened and closed as frequently as .may be desired. A desirable feature of the construction presented herein resides in the fact that the mouth ofthe bag is closely. adjacent toone side edge thereof and that the main bodydesiredtoopen the the top of the bag, v

portion of the band vl() may be in one piece or strip andvpi'esent ai substantially smooth unbroken surface, 'these features adding to the appearance of the bag and decreasing the cost of manufacture.'v A

The construction as thusfar described presents a complete, novel,`convenien 't, commodious, durable and attractive hat-bag, but as hereinbefore mentionedwe preferably apply thereto means for `Vreinforcingorstiffening the peripheral band ,10. across itsV width, so that Vwhen the bags rare* placed f latvvise one upon another whileon display in astore or .held in stock, the bags may not collapse .under the weight vthus imposed upon them. 4We therefore 'preferably apply along the inynersur'face of the peripheral band 10, a strip or stripsl o f pasteboard or the like'of'about the samewidth as said bandV and of sufficient stiffness to prevent the collapseof theV bags when 'placed lliatwise on a counter vor shelf,

fand by preference the band-reinforcement Will consist of the single strip 27, shown sep-l Y I arately in Fig.` 5, removablyapplied between" the outer fabric of the band and the lining 14- thereof, said lining 14; being transversely 'slit or left open at adjoining end portions, as at 28, to permit the progressive endwise insertion of the strip 27 backof said lining.V vThe strip 27 is made narrower in its upper portion to adapt that portion to the narrower space allowed in the upper part of the rband 104 due to said part'having tlie free edgegbinding 18 and snap fastener members, as willV be understood on reference to Fig. 6, 'In applying the strip 27 back of the lining 14, the narrower free end of the strip'w-illVv first be inserted downwardly through the opening 28 and the strip will then be pushed along until thenarrower portionof the strip' has traveled toy and taken its position within the'upper part ofthe band and at this time the wider sectionfof the strip will be within lthe lowerportion of said bandsv lVhen the f strip 27 is to be withdrawn, its wider free end will be taken hold of at theV opening 28 and the strip will be pulled outthroughsaid opening. The strip '27 mayv also be loosely Y yapplied within the bag against-the face lof the lining 14. The stripr27 need not extend entirely around the inner surface of the band lObut preferably it should be'about coextensive with'the band. v p

We have shown' and described the preferred embodiment of the invention butdo not wish to be limited toall of the details referred to, since these details admit of modif fication within the spirit and scope. of ourv invention as defined in Vthe vappended claims'. What kwe claim as our invention and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent, is:

1`.` A hand-'bag of the characterl described comprising a peripheral band of flexible fab# -rio, disk. sides of flexible fabric applied to opposite edges of said band, One of said disk sidesbeing secured along its entire edge.

toV one entire edge of said band and the other disk side being secured at a.. portion r-of the edgelthereof to a portion of the other edge of said band and at its other [edge portion being provided with fastening-means for detachableV connectionV with the other ,portion of said other fedgeof the band,

` which portion is provided with vfastening i f carried by the 'disk side, a handle by means:

' of'whiohthe bag maybe carried byhand,Y

means to coact with thesaid fastening means the Ainner periphery offthe bandv and 'cona lining of fabric extending entirely around at its opposite edges, Iand a stiening strip 1 of pasteboard or the like .of about the, width of said band and extending along the inner surface of the band and being concealed be-. hindtheliningthereof, the purpose of.. said;

'stiffening strip being .to :prevent the"A col` ,y

lapse of said band while thebag is being;

carried and when the'ba'gs are piled upon Vone another and-to therebyprotect the .contents and preserve 'the' ape'parancefof the baf.

z2D.l A hand-bag of the character ,described fr comprisinga peripheralband vhaving a 1in-` ing,disk sides secured at'their edges to the ing strip of pasteboardor thelike of; about 7o, i' edges of saidy band, a handle and astiEenf p y v the width of said band and extending-along l' cealedgbehind thejlining thereof, f said band comprising a main body portion` extending entirely varound the bagl and l'an auxiliaryv section Carried by one of said disk sides, said,y

main body portion having a free edgealong said auxiliary section' ,and `saidlfree ,edgen portionand said section, which constitute the mouth-.portion ofthe bag-being adapted to overlap and having fasteningl means for `se-lcuring themv together to thusclosethe mouth f ofthebag.

3.- A Vhand-bag ofthe-character Idescribed comprising ay peripheral band having-a lin'- ing containing a transverse opening, disk f i sides secured at their Vedges to the edges of vsaid banda handleanda -removable `'stif-` fening strip of about the widthofs'aidband v y and insertable throughsaid opening to ex-v y tend .along saidV band `at the-back of said 5 lining, said bandcomprisinga main body vportion extending entirely aroundthev bag and an auxiliary section lcarried-byonev of said disk'sides, said lmainl body portion hav-l'y ing .a free ,edger` alonggsaid auxiliaryisec;

tion, and said freeedge portion and said section, which constltutethe mouth portionY -1.00

ofV the bag, beingv adapted to overlapk and.

December, A. D. 1922.'

vMoLLin L. `-GRossMNL i the inner surfaeeof said band and secured Y 

